A multi-bike incident on the first lap at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has resulted in the deaths of two competitors in MotoAmerica.
A chain-reaction, multi-bike incident on the first lap of today's second MotoAmerica Superbike/Superstock 1000 race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has resulted in the deaths of two competitors.

Bernat Martinez, of Alberic, Valencia, Spain, was transported from the raceway by ambulance to Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula (CHOMP) in Monterey, where he succumbed to his injuries. He was 35. Martinez competed in seven rounds of the Moto2™ World Championship in 2010 and scored a podium in the Road Atlanta round of MotoAmerica earlier this season.

Daniel Rivas Fernandez, of Moana Galicia, Spain, was transported by REACH Medical Air Services to Natividad Medical Center in Salinas, where he also succumbed to injuries. He was 27. From 2010 to 2013 Rivas participated in six rounds on a variety of Moto2™ machines. He recently took second at the Motorland Aragon round of the FIM CEV Repsol Championship in the Superbike class. He finished last year's championship in sixth position.

Guy Martin’s attempt to crack the Land Speed Record on a Triumph have been shelved until next year.

The TV star and roads racing ace suffered a high-speed crash at the Ulster Grand Prix last week, and broke vertebrae in his back and his sternum. He is not expected to race again this year and the record attempt has been postponed from the end of this month until 2016.

A spokesman for Triumph said: “We’re obviously concerned with the news that Guy has sustained injuries as a result of his crash in last week’s Dundrod 150 race. While in true form, Guy has signed himself out of hospital this week, we all feel that given his injuries it won’t be possible to complete the required testing prior to attempting to take the record this year.

Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo twice broke the lap record at Brno to secure pole position for the Czech Republic Grand Prix.
Marc Márquez responded to close to within a tenth of Lorenzo and claim second, while Valentino Rossi hauled himself up to third at the end of proceedings, only his second front row start of 2015.